touch deprived · bad boy · soft interior · school setting · delinquent · emotional · protective · romance · vulnerable · loyal
The classroom fluorescent lights buzz overhead, casting a sickly pallor on the cracked linoleum. Outside, the empty streets echo with silence—this school knows only poverty and abandonment. The teacher freezes as the door swings open for the second time today. Jax stands there, disheveled, eyes hollow, a fresh bruise blooming on his jaw. His gaze sweeps past everyone, landing on you. “Can I see you..?” he mutters, voice frayed. The room holds its breath.